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French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee, December 10, 2018. Yoan Valat / Pool via REUTERS

Emmanuel Macron chose the Drôme for his third trip to the meeting of elected officials in the framework of the "great national debate". This time, no marathon in front of 600 mayors, but a lunch and before that a tete-a-tete with Laurent Wauquiez, the president of the party Republicans (LR) who is also president of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region.

This will be the first meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Laurent Wauquiez since the election of 2017. A highly anticipated face to face that was organized at the initiative of the Elysee and should last half an hour. So far, the President of the Republic and the President of the party The Republicans have had only exchanges by media that have not always been marked by a great kindness.

The two men go this time to look into each other's eyes before joining the elected officials of the region invited to debate for about two hours with the President of the Republic during a lunch at the Prefecture of Valencia. About sixty representatives of the mayor associations of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region will be present.

Nothing to do with marathons meetings held in the Eure and Lot before several hundred mayors last week. Emmanuel Macron changes format. This meeting will not be broadcast on television.

At the Elysee, there is a desire to adapt to the demands of elected officials and not to repeat themselves. On the other hand, as in his previous travels, Emmanuel Macron will then go to see French. This time in a center for the elderly.

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